# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-willis
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:46:21.108Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-willis"
name: "Larry Willis"
slug: "larry-willis"
description: "Lawrence Elliott Willis was an American jazz pianist and composer. He performed in a wide range of styles, including jazz fusion, Afro-Cuban jazz, bebop, and avant-garde."
tagline: "American jazz pianist and composer (1942–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larry_Willis_in_Tarrytown.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-12-20"
deathDate: "2019-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.225596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/272056"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "لاري ويليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "لارى ويليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Willis"
    title: "Larry Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Willis"
    title: "Larry Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Willis"
    title: "Larry Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Willis"
    title: "Larry Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Willis"
    title: "Larry Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Willis"
    title: "Larry Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Willis"
    title: "Larry Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d6315c02-1307-4119-abc6-7de6d3c6ad0a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329001"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump